CVE-2021-33335

7.2 highEPSS 1.3%

High (7.2) in liferay. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.5.

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.2 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-863
Published: 2021-08-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

liferay:digital_experience_platform
liferay:liferay_portal

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m	Maven	com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	>=7.0.3 <7.3.5	7.3.5
GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m	Maven	com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	>=7.1.0 <7.1.10.fp20	7.1.10.fp20
GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m	Maven	com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	>=7.2.0 <7.2.10.fp9	7.2.10.fp9

References

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